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Rand Paul Continues Attacks on Clinton Over Benghazi
Sen. Rand Paul continued with his charges from earlier this week that former Sec.
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Providing further evidence that Iraq is already experiencing the violence of a civil war, multiple bombings in two major cities on Monday killed dozens of people and injured many more.
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Racism has been a consistent thread weaving through the American Right from the early days when Anti-Federalists battled against the U.S. Constitution to the present when hysterical Tea Partiers denounce the first African-American president.
Obama: partisan battles in Washington holding back US economy
President Barack Obama told students at Morehouse College: 'My whole life, I've tried to be what my father wasn't for my mother and me.' Photograph: Erik S Lesser/EPA President Barack Obama complained on Sunday that partisan battles in Washington are holding back stronger US economic growth as he tried to recover from one of the most difficult ... (more)
A Nuclear Iran Would Unlikely Tilt Regional Power Balance
A nuclear-armed Iran would not pose a fundamental threat to the United States and its regional allies like Israel and the Gulf Arab monarchies, according to a new report released here Friday by the Rand Corporation.
Likely US Drone Adds to Tally of Extrajudicial Killings in Yemen
A drone flying over southern Yemen bombed a passenger van on Saturday, killing at least four people and wounding several others, a local official said .
Gunmen Kill Khan's Senior Official Ahead of Pakistan Recount
A senior member of Imran Khan's Movement for Justice party was shot dead on Saturday outside the gates of her home in Karachi, Pakistan, hours before several re-elections were scheduled to take place in the country on Sunday.
Nerds, Jocks & Conscientious Objectors: The Hidden World of Israel's High School War Resisters
When the 19-year-old Israeli war resister Noam Gur attends weekly demonstrations against the occupation of Palestine, the soldiers who suppress the protestors - with tear gas, stun grenades, and occasionally live fire - aren't just strangers in uniform.
Nonconservative Groups Say IRS Scrutinized Them, Too
Outgoing acting Internal Revenue Service Commissioner Steve Miller and Treasury Inspector General for Tax Administration J. Russell George are sworn before a full House Ways and Means Committee hearing Friday.
Obama DOE Approves 2nd Fracked Gas Terminal
Friday is the proverbial "take out the trash day" for the release of bad news among public relations practioners and this Friday was no different.
100,000 'Turn Up Heat' on Rome Gov't
Demonstrators applaud during the left-wing Italian metalworkers' union FIOM rally in downtown Rome Piazza San Giovanni on May 18, 2013.
The 13th floor of this building is being cleared out and given a new design and purpose.
It's Official: France Legalizes Same-Sex Marriage
French President Francois Hollande signed the country's same-sex marriage and adoption bill into law on Saturday, almost one month after its passage in Parliament that prompted a legal challenge in the country's Constitutional Council by the conservative opposition.
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Colorado Woman, Dies After Assault Rifle Accidentally Discharges
A Denver-area woman died Tuesday night after an assault rifle she was handling accidentally fired and shot her in the head.
Radicalized = Weaponized = Kill at Will
"The line between political beliefs and illegal action is eradicated, so that the 'radicalized' person or group is inherently deserving of liquidation." Like all advanced police states, the U.S. national security regime has begun speaking its own, degenerate language.
8 Reasons Allen West Is The Perfect Fox News Contributor
Fox News has announced it's hired former Rep. Allen West as a contributor. The far-right Republican and the conservative news network are a match made in heaven: West's incendiary rhetoric against progressives and Democrats closely mirrors Fox News' own smears and attacks.
ABC News & The Whitewater Tactics At The Center Of The Scandal Machine
Republicans leaders are reportedly concerned that the scandal machine that has been kicked into high gear in recent days will lead to similar backlash the party faced over its endless and costly investigations into President Clinton in the 1990s: To veteran lawmakers, the sudden proliferation of investigations cannot help but raise the ghost of ... (more)
Iran's Critical Election, Part I
A council controlled by Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei will decide who can run for Iran's presidency.
Outgoing IRS Chief: Question That Sparked Scandal Was A Plant
One of the oddest aspects of the IRS scandal was the way the story first came to light last Friday, when Lois Lerner, head of the IRS' tax-exempt organizations division, apologized for inappropriate targeting of conservative groups.
Hospitals Should be Care Providers not Loan Sharks
If there is one problem that symbolizes the ongoing national healthcare emergency, it is the rampant price gouging in the healthcare industry that continues to price too many Americans out of access to care and into financial ruin.